OBOA Disaster Preparedness & Response Committee

Committee Co-Chairs: Paul Vinje, Chief Plans Examiner, City of Hillsboro and Chris Wong, SE, Structural Engineer, City of Hillsboro
Simply click the name above to send an email directly to the chair about committee activities.

The disaster preparedness and response committee is committed to providing OBOA members with resource documents, quick links and tips relating to developing the resiliency of a Building Department. 

The committee will focus on the following areas:

  • Creating emergency supply lists for Building Department functions post-disaster.
  • Creating guides and templates covering various disaster preparedness and response topics (SOP for disaster response; Continuity of Operations Planning; Mutual Aid Agreements; and more).
  • Provide resources for training opportunities (Building Safety Evaluator Training; FEMA Incident Management Training (NIMS/ICS); and more).
  • Community outreach and public messaging.

Please check back frequently for updates! We will add and update this committee page continually to keep it relevant and valuable for our members -- please bookmark this page and check back for the latest info. If you have any requests, suggestions or other ideas on ways to make this even more valuable to you, please share. 

Emergency Supply Lists

OBOA Building Safety Evaluator Supply List Guide (download and save this!)

Disaster Preparedness and Response Guides and Templates

Check back soon for updates! We will add documents here -- let us know if you have templates or samples to share as well.

Training Opportunities

Wednesday April 16 – 2025 OBOA Spring Education Institute - We will offer the OrSAP Building Safety Evaluator Training (ATC20/45) – Post-Disaster Building Safety Assessments - Presented by Paul Vinje and Chris Wong, CoH

More Details HERE - Call the OBOA office for class availability at 503.691.6262.

Community Outreach and Public Messaging

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